DENVER, Colorado, June 24, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Episcopal Church has to clarify God's official position on abortion - at least so says a priestess of the church, who claims that a proposed rite for post-abortive women conflicts with church theology and that the Deity "rejoices" when women elect to abort their children.

Rev. Nina Churchman wrote a letter to Episcopal Life Online expressing her outrage upon learning that her church has developed a healing rite for post-abortion women sorrowful over their abortion that seems to have language alluding to "sin" and "guilt."

Churchman said she "was sickened to discover that the rite for abortion is couched wholly in terms of sin and transgression."

The priestess also took particular umbrage with the words, "I seek God's forgiveness" and the words "God rejoices that you have come seeking God's merciful forgiveness."

"The Episcopal Church, by resolution, has long held that women have the freedom to choose an abortion," asserted Churchman. "It is not considered a sin."

The Episcopal Church's "long held" position permitting abortion dates back to 1967, when the church began to lobby for abortion in limited cases (i.e. rape, incest, fetal deformity, health of the mother), which by 1994 had become a full-blown defense of a right to an abortion. The church's previous position on abortion, had lasted much longer. As late as 1958 the church had expressed an unequivocal defense of over 1900 years of Christian tradition against abortion, stating, "Abortion and infanticide are to be condemned."

"Women should be able to mourn the loss of an aborted fetus without having to confess anything," declared Churchman.

"God, unlike what the liturgy states, also rejoices that women facing unplanned pregnancies have the freedom to carefully choose the best option - birth, adoption or abortion - for themselves and their families."

Ba'al would be proud. Catholics For A Free Choice would be proud. Barack Hussein Obama would be proud.

15 Comments:

The Episcopal Church jumped the shark some time ago. Half the members of what used to be the Episcopal Church are now Continuing Anglican, Catholic, Orthodox, or Evangelical. The only people left are Gay Bolshies and the Episcopal equivalent of "cultural Catholics."

How truely sad this is. What makes people so blind to the evil of abortion/murder? I truely do not understand how anyone can stand up like this in public and spew such evil and not fear the wrath of God. May God have mercy on us all.

My guess is that she had the abortion a long time ago, when one could not discuss it out loud without condemnation. She is simply rationalizing it on the national stage, much like other proponents of victimhood here in the 21st century. Next she will write a self-help book that makes it to the top ten, and retire rich and still be unhappy.

No! Anything but THAT! Instead, let us lead souls astray ~ as in, to hell.

I feel kinda sorry for this woman when she stands before God. But then again, you make your bed ~ you sleep in it! I pray for sinners but I don't lose any sleep if **they** stubbornly persist in their rebellion against God. After a while I say, "Sucks to be you!"

There won't be any liberal main stream media to make you look good while you're standing there on judgement day!

"21 They will hunt after the soul of the just, and will condemn innocent blood. 22 But the Lord is my refuge: and my God the help of my hope. 23 And he will render them their iniquity: and in their malice he will destroy them: the Lord our God will destroy them." Psalm 23